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Rubio would be a Boss Choice for Romney

Given the May jobs report, the economy and President Obama’s trail of broken promises to fix things, Romney’s move to vet Florida Senator Marco Rubio may be a good one indeed. In fact, it may be about the only smart thing that Mitt Romney has done this whole campaign. Tagging Rubio to be his running mate certainly should sway the Hispanic vote because the unemployment figures are still high and because of all the tumult and turmoil in the White House from Eric Holder’s ingenious Fast and Furious gun program on down.

Romney vetting Rubio may also change Romney’s frat boy/ silver-spoon-in-the-mouth/ out of touch, rich boy preppie image, even if it is well earned. Romney’s bullying of a classmate when he was old enough to know better, his flip-flopping on the issues and his comments about women, will not exactly land him in political icon territory. Nor will they make him a modern-day Abraham Lincoln. The best he will do on his own is muddle along. But should he win, he could turn out to be like Ronald Regan. By surrounding himself with better and more compassionate minds, a Romney White House could help patch this country back together. And Marco Rubio may be that person to help do it as well as bring the tired Hispanic voters to the GOP. .